Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• at school: Present and attending school.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• black eye: A bruise around the eye, typically caused by a blow.
• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• on the ball: Alert, quick to understand and respond to things.
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• nice try: Said when someone has made a good attempt at something but has not succeeded.
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• afford: To make available, to provide
• address: Exact street location of a place
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• aid: To help others and provide things
• performance: Act of doing something
• couple: To join something to something else
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• hassle: Unpleasant task or chore harder than it should be
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• allergy: Sensitivity to foods, etc. causing a bad reaction
• coma: State of unconsciousness caused by injury, disease
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• reunion: Act of people meeting after being apart
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• punishment: Being punished; thing you do when being punished
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• disappointing: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise
• repay: To do in return for something done for you
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• shotgun: Double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon